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Israel

Law enforcement services in Israel are provided by the Israel Police, the national police force created in 1948. The force is part of the Ministry of Public Security, which is also responsible for Prison Services, the Anti-Drug Authority, and the Witness Protection Authority.

The Israel Police is headed by a Commissioner of Police who is appointed by the government upon recommendation of the Minister of Public Security.

The Israel Police is made up of seven territorial districts, Border Police, and seven departments each with distinct policing responsibilities. The force is made up of approximately 27,000 officers.

Mission:

Prevent, detect and investigate crime;

Arrest criminals and bring them to trial;

Maintain public order;

Protect life and property;

Protect prisoners;

Control traffic and promote road safety;

Maintain national security and fight terrorism.

INTERPOL Jerusalem

Located at the Police Headquarters, the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Israel is part of the Intelligence Branch of the Investigations and Intelligence Department. The NCB is responsible for the development and maintenance of operational and intelligence relations with law enforcement partners worldwide.

Duties:

Supervision of Israel Police Attachés stationed abroad;

Coordination of economic crime policing:

money laundering;

asset forfeiture;

organized crime;

Coordination of cross-district operations targeting organized crime;

Operational coordination with the ports and customs authority for the prevention of drug importation;

Working relations with the INTERPOL General Secretariat and member countries;

Cooperation with foreign police attachés, diplomatic corps and international organizations;

Development of training programmes in the areas of economic crime, organized crime and drug offences.

INTERPOL Jerusalem is responsible for the daily exchange of information between the Israel Police and all INTERPOL member countries. Its main areas of duty include:

Fugitives;

Extraditions;

Serious crime;

Fraud;

Drug trafficking;

Cybercrime;

Theft;

Forgery;

Hooliganism;

Missing persons;

Trafficking of human beings;

Crime statistics;

Provision of information to:

foreign police attachés in Israel;

foreign diplomatic corps;

international organizations in Israel.

International outreach

The International Relations Unit (IRU) of the Ministry of Public Security is responsible for managing and developing the Ministry’s working relationship with overseas counterparts. Its areas of activity include:

LYON, France – A suspect in mass killings at the time of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre has been extradited from Israel to Bosnia and Herzegovina following international collaboration via INTERPOL.The extradition of Aleksandar Cvetković followed a request by the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina investigating his alleged role as a member of a fi...

LYON, France – Close collaboration between law enforcement in Georgia, Israel and INTERPOL’s Crimes Against Children unit has led to the removal from harm of an 11-year-old girl and the arrest of a man accused of sexually abusing her and sharing the sexual abuse images online. The girl’s mother was also arrested for allegedly participating in the producti...

TEL AVIV, Israel – Developing innovative solutions through building on past experience is key in identifying and addressing future crime threats, chiefs of police and ministers from throughout Europe heard on the opening day of INTERPOL’s 41st European Regional Conference in Tel Aviv.With transnational issues including cybercrime, terrorism, organized cri...

WARSAW, Poland – Representatives of 10 Eastern European countries gathered last week to learn how to conduct effective investigations into instances of suspected criminal acts involving radiological and nuclear (RN) weapons, materials and technology. Experienced investigators from law enforcement, customs and other security forces teamed up with their cou...

LYON, France – Missing Pakistani journalist Talat Hussain Syed has been identified and located in Israel, following close co-operation between INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau (NCB) Jerusalem, its General Secretariat Headquarters in Lyon, France and the National Central Bureau in Islamabad, less than 24 hours after INTERPOL issued an international missi...

An international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines has resulted in a series of arrests and the seizure of thousands of potentially harmful medical products.In response to an ever-increasing number of websites supplying dangerous and illegal medicines, Operation Pangea II involving 24 countries was co-ordinated b...

The first international Internet day of action co-ordinated by the Permanent Forum on International Pharmaceutical Crime, INTERPOL and the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT), targeting the illegal online sale of medicines to the public has resulted in a series of arrests and the seizure...